Sanitary toilet-seat cover



April 22, 1924. I 1,491,419

c. H. POWER SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVER Filed May ,1 1931 Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES PAITEI CLARK H. POWER, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY TOILET-SEAT COVER.

Application filed May 31.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARK H. PowER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Santa Monica, in the county of Los An geles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Toilet-Seat Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to and has for a main object the provision of a sanitary toilet seat cover adapted to be used for rendering the use of toilets in public places more sanitary and consists in the provision of covers formed of paper which has been previously treated with parafline or other suitable waterproofing substance so as to prevent soiling of the clothing and saturation of the covers when in use.

An object also is to provide a form of cover which is capable of being stacked or formed into a compact package and adapted to be hung on the wall of a closet or toilet so that the individual covers in the package may be one after the other accessible for use and readily removed from the package one at a time, suitable tabs being formed on portions of the peripheries of the covers for this purpose.

Inasmuch as the character and size of the ordinary types of toilet seats vary according to the specifications of diil'erent manufacturers it is also an object to provide a cover which ma Y be stamped out of large sheets of paper an molded into form to correspond to the different t es and sizes of seats. Other subsidiary o ects will appear as the descri tion of my invention progresses.

In t e accompan ing drawings I have illustrated several ifierent forms of toilet seat covers embodying my improvements, as follows:

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are plan views of three different kinds of toilet seats equipped with my improved sanitary covers.

Fig. 4 is a section of a toilet seat with my cover thereon.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a stack of my covers housed in a suitable form of cabinet, or case, and arranged to be readily removed therefrom for use, one at a time.

In said drawings S represents the common type of toilet seat adaptedto be hingedly connected to a toilet bowl (not shown), Fig. 1 showing a complete oval form of seat, Fig. 2 an open oval and Fig. 3 an oval with a 1921. Serial No. 474,014.

. straight back to which the hinges are usually connected. v p I The covers C are of paralfined paper which will not absorb water and are "adapted .to be stamped out of flat sheets of paper to correspond to the form of the seats S and at the same time or subsequently molded into. shape to fit the upper side ofthe'oval seats. As shown the seats are usually rounded 05 at the top and the paper covers should be made so as to almost if not quite completely over lie the upper surface of the seatfor afiording the maximum comfort to the user and best serving the purpose of the cover.

When the paper covers are molded into form to fit the seats S the inner portions thereof around the central opening will he crimped in the manner that paper drinking cups are formed to take up the surplus material. The moldin may best be accomplished by heating t e molds in which the covers are formed but this is immaterial to my invention.

The covers are adapted to be supported for use in a suitable case H arran ed to be hung on the wall W of the closet y means of a suitable form of hanger which may consist, as shown, of a wire rong P extending outwardly from the bac of the case and adapted to be inserted through suitable perforations or slits in the end portions of the covers. The covers when supported in the case may be closely stacked together in compact form as shown in Fig. 5 and hung on the 'member P. In such case the arched cross section of the cover portions fit into each other snugly and a great number of the covers may be held in one case at ene time.

One oi the ends, preferably the rear ends, of the covers are provided with flaps or tabs T which project from the outer peripheries v of the covers for afi'ording means whereby the same may be gripped by the hand removal from the case for use. These tabs i are preferably formed of the same sheet of material of which the covers are made and are dis osed at one or the ether side of center -ine so that the positions thereof on the adjacent covers when held in the case for use will be alternately on one side or the other of the center. Thus, the tab or one sheet may be grasped more readily with out interference with the adjacent sheets.

The tab'T of the outermost cover in the case is adapted to be pulled downwardly by the removal of the previous cover, so that only one tab will be extended downwardly from the case at a time. The tabs on the remainder of the covers in the stack will be folded upwardly between the curved bottom portions of the covers in such a manner that p replacedwith facility when a supply is ex hausted. This may be accomplished in the same manner aswith-toilet paper and towels.

What I, claim is: v In a device of the character described a sheet of flexible and non-absorbent material molded into form, and adapted to completely cover a toilet seat, and having an openlng therein conforming'to the opening in said seat, said material having a ring-like form of arched cross section and crimped around said opening for providing surplus material whereby the inner portion of said material around said opening may be extended downwardly and conform to the inner edges of the seat, a portion of said material belng perforated whereb the same may be hung in osition and cl osely pack d with other siml ar'sheets prior to use, and extensions formed on an opposite portion of said covers whereby said covers may be withdrawn from the package for use, one at a time.

CLARK H. POWER. Witnesses:

L L. MACK, J. W. r. 

